Section 163 — Family Proceedings Act 1980: Vexatious proceedings
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163 Vexatious proceedings (1) A District Court or Family Court may dismiss any proceedings before it under this Act if it is satisfied that they are frivolous or vexatious or an abuse of the procedure of the Court. (2) A District Court or Family Court may, if it is satisfied that a person has persistently instituted vexatious proceedings under this Act or any former Act (whether against the same person or against different persons), after giving the first-mentioned person an opportunity of being heard, order that no proceedings under this Act, or no such proceedings of any specified kind or against any specified person, shall be commenced by the first-mentioned person without the leave of the Court. Compare: 1968 No 62 s 113
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